Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Demand Management

There has been quite a lot of controversy surrounding the proposed new Xcel towers at Ruby Hill. Does anyone realize this upgrade can be completely avoided with prudent Demand Side Management?

This from the Leonardo Energy website: "Italy is currently undertaking a programme to install 30 million smart meters. It is estimated that demand-side management tariffs, which limit customers to 3KW of power during peak periods, have reduced peak demand by 5% for 3 hours, 10 days a year. This has removed the need to construct a power station with 2GW capacity to cover the peak demand."

Smart meter technology can also prevent all new powerline capacity upgrades.

About Me

He received a BS in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1977. During the country's first Solar Era, he received an MS in Mechanical Engineering and Solar Technology from CSU (1979) After involvement in hundreds of solar thermal systems in the early 80's, he received several product design patents. The focus of this blog is low and zero energy home design and construction for Denver.